Sen Thune believes Trump is willing to listen on AI guardrails

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) says President Trump is "not really dug in" against guardrails for AI, despite President Trump's public campaign against restricting the technology. Sen Thune said he spoke privately with the president as the AI issue was getting "pretty hot" a few weeks ago and believes some of President Trump's strong pushback is against public "paranoia and noise around the subject." Sen Thune reads President Trump's position as a preference for companies coming up with ways to secure their systems, rather than Congress or the administration. That approach relies more on experts to provide guidance. President Trump has called recent fears around AI safety a "hoax."